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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
Join Date: Oct-2007
Location: Central Nebraska
Country: USA
Posts: 18
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Advice on my first bonsai creation
I've owned a mature Fukien Tea for a couple months and now want to try creating something from (almost) scratch. I bought a nursery dwarf white pine for "practice". I'm more concerned with the process of taking it through a bonsai transformation than what this plant finally looks like. My plan is to create a windswept style using the existing trunk (nice lean already in place) and eventually remove all branches except the two left-side horizontal branches marked with red twist-ties in the photo. I could really use some advice on how quickly to proceed (chop everything away now, or proceed in stages) and also how to coordinate the work on the roots with the branches. I've got several branches that could be jin'ed and any comments there would be appreciated as well.
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